Music & Sound Annotation Expert (Remote AI Evaluation Contract)

If you're passionate about testing the boundaries of cutting-edge technology, Jobtacular has your next breakthrough engagement. We're placing an exceptional Music & Sound Annotation Expert (Remote AI Evaluation Contract) earning $30 - $45/hour to work directly on high-impact systems. You'll team up with frontier research labs to construct gold-standard benchmarks and stress-test machine reasoning using your deep expertise in analytical listening, music theory knowledge, audio annotation, attention to detail. No commute, high hourly yield, and pure technical impact.

The Mission & Daily Problems You'll Tackle

• Compare paired recordings of the same song captured at different locations and judge what stayed the same and what changed
• In later phases: review AI model descriptions of clips and mark what's correct, wrong, or invented, with a brief written explanation
• Attend a paid onboarding/calibration session and a short weekly sync
• Working or gigging musicians, session players, producers, or mixing engineers
• Music educators, ear-training instructors, band/choir directors, conservatory students or graduates
• Location sound recordists, sound designers, foley artists, or podcast/documentary audio editors
• Listen to 30–90 second field recordings (headphones, your own quiet workspace) and complete structured annotations: which instruments are present, tempo and key, timestamps of background events (traffic, sirens, applause), scene details

Your Background & Superpowers

• Can identify tempo (within a few BPM) and musical key (relative pitch with a reference is fine)
• Comfortable with detail-oriented, repetitive annotation work in a web platform — dropdowns, timestamps, short structured notes
• Clear written English for brief, evidence-based notes (e.g., "accordion enters around 0:12")
• Quality headphones, quiet workspace, reliable internet
• Available 20–25 hrs/week for the engagement window
• 3+ years of hands-on music or audio experience
• Strong analytical listening: you can pick individual instruments out of a busy, noisy, real-world mix — not just studio recordings

The Numbers: Pay, Hours & Autonomy

• Compensation Rate: $30 - $45/hour (verified contractor remuneration)
• Work Arrangement: 100% Remote / Work From Home
• Eligible Remote Countries: United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, and South Africa
• Core Competencies: analytical listening, music theory knowledge, audio annotation, attention to detail, written communication
• Hiring Lead: Alex Rivera (Head of AI Sourcing) at Jobtacular

Direct Application Process: Click the Apply button on this page to submit your profile directly for immediate evaluation.